PT-2008-6723 · Open Source Matters · Joomla!

Hendrik Jan Verheij · Published 2008-12-18 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5671

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Joomla! versions 1.0.11 through 1.0.14

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfig absolute path parameter when RG EMULATION is enabled in configuration.php. This is a result of a remote file inclusion vulnerability in index.php.

Recommendations For Joomla! versions 1.0.11 through 1.0.14, consider disabling the RG EMULATION setting in configuration.php as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to the mosConfig absolute path parameter in the affected index.php file until a fix is available.

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5671

Affected Products

Joomla!

References · 8

• http://joomla.org/announcements/release-news/4609-joomla-1015-released.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5671 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29106 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5671 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/488126/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/488199/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27795 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4787 · Note